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29 April 2005Arriana Huffington likes Transcendental Floss so much that she is starting her own multi-author blog to cover everything from politics and entertainment, to sports and religion.
27 April 2005Hot topic in the state of Washington that has caught national attention is Microsoft’s handling of a political position — to go neutral this time around on House Bill 1515 which would have barred discrimination (housing and employment and ???) against gays and lesbians had it not been voted down yet again. (And Washington is […]
26 April 2005denial is so sad, so unnecessary. what matters is that they’re happy.
‘It’s a sign of respect and affection — nothing sexual whatsoever,’ Saudi spokesman Nail Jubeir said.
sure, nail. whatever you say.
p.s. why do you suppose nail felt it necessary to say such a thing? methinks he doth protest too much…
addendum and dummer…
Bob Kur reported on […]
jayzus, could things get any more weirderer?
“lord we beseech thee / to bless social security / and give us private / accounts with a 9% return. / annuity, trust fund, filing cabinet. / amen.”
that photo, above this cutline:
“President Adds DeLay to Social Security Tour”
President Bush on Tuesday added a helper to his Social Security road […]
you’ve got to wonder if there’s anyone george bush won’t stab in the back. today it’s u.s. gulf war POWs. tomorrow, who knows?
as noted previously, the bush administration recently snatched a big pile of money from american POWs tortured in iraqi captivity. today the u.s. supreme court upheld that snatching, on the grounds that “it […]
25 April 2005It’s a risky proposition, being a 40-year old white male and wanting to be in a Rock ‘N Roll band. The whole endeavor is built on a shaky foundation of adolescent fantasies, the promise of incredible highs, but the road there is spotted with perilous potholes of humiliation and lousy music.
23 April 2005vice president cheney is a dick.
“If the Senate majority decides to move forward and if the issue is presented to me in my elected office as president of the Senate and presiding officer, I will support bringing [controversial judicial] nominations to the floor for an up-or-down vote,” he said. “On the merits, this should not […]
21 April 2005Today, this meme (below) was emailed to me from an American relative. The idealism and whiff of social justice appeals to my personal hybrid socialist/capitalist Canadian standpoint.
A Radical in the White House
by Bob Herbert
© 2005 New York Times, Co.
Last week - April 12, to be exact - was the 60th anniversary of the death of […]
benedictxvi.com was purchased a couple weeks ago. Many websites are making a big deal out of it. Don’t see what the fuss is about. popejohnpaulii.com and johnpaulii.com were in use long ago, coughing up one of those silly search pages, remaining uncovered. Tonight, MSNBC interviews benedictxvi.com’s owner. Previews suggest all he wants is one of […]
i’m not catholic. but if i were, i’d be terrified of the new pope.
why? because he looks like he recently came back from the dead.
you can’t look at benedict xvi and say he resembles a man recently made infallabile.
he looks more like a flesh-eating zombie. someone should stick a feeding tube in him and […]
20 April 2005let’s get this out of the way upfront: yo, slate editors, um, it’s e.e. cummings, no caps. check it.
In the long revolt against inherited forms that has by now become the narrative of 20th-century poetry in English, no poet was more flamboyant or more recognizable in his iconoclasm than Cummings. By erasing the sacred left […]
